Mac's for designer is actually a myth, started in the days when adobe developed Photoshop primarily on macs when it had an advantage in the processor, now they primarily develop it for PC. I know that the same goes for the amateur musicians who also used to be dedicated Mac users but now have the tools for both Mac and PC.

Anyway, I use Photoshop (on PC) and then organize the photo in iPhoto. But I would like to try it though, do you know if it's possible to download a 30 day trial of Aperture?

Mac's for designer is actually a myth, started in the days when adobe developed Photoshop primarily on macs when it had an advantage in the processor, now they primarily develop it for PC. I know that the same goes for the amateur musicians who also used to be dedicated Mac users but now have the tools for both Mac and PC.

Anyway, I use Photoshop (on PC) and then organize the photo in iPhoto. But I would like to try it though, do you know if it's possible to download a 30 day trial of Aperture?

Not getting into an arguement, Mac's run all sorts of media applications better, not talking about compatibility of programs, Fact (Low end Mac will compete with a High end PC with photoshop and render much faster)

Thanks for the link After I got a trial key, downloaded it and start installing it I got an error message saying that I need 1GB of memory ...have to remember to read sys.req. before I try to install it. I ran the quick tour and must say I'm impressed so now I have to figure out if I should invest in another prime lens or another 512MB + Aperture

Flux: Both PC and Mac runs on the same Intel based architecture (x86), which means that Mac no longer has the H/W advantage it had years ago, but you might be right, I only know about Photoshop. One thing's for sure, Mac's interface runs way better then Windows Vista IMHO on the same specs.

Another Mac user here and I completely share your thoughts on Aperture - it is fantastic for basic manipulation and full-on photo management.

You're probably already aware of this but this site http://www.bagelturf.com/ is probably one of the best resources on the net for learning Aperture. It has articles ranging from how to manage your workflow, to backup, to basic image adjustments and view layouts.

The Macintosh computer, along with Apple as a company, has always had its home ground in the creative fronts, mainly because the tools for image editing and desktop publishing were either Macintosh exclusive, or ran faster on the Macintosh at the time.

Personally I prefer working on the PC, mainly because the enviroment is more familiar to me. Although I have used Apature on my MacBook, which is pretty slow in comparison to my computer, and I really don't have many photographs that I can edit on it really so it never got used.

I use photoshop for just about everything, so i'll probably stick with it

Aperture is a good application though, they should bring it out for window though!

Aperture has a lot more in common with Adobe Lightroom than it does with Photoshop. Photoshop is a complete image editing suite but it doesn't offer database and workflow management of a large catalogue of photos, whereas Aperture and Lightroom do.

IMO it's a good idea to use a database management tool in conjunction with a full editing application for specific high-end manipulation. When I get to 10'000 photos, I'd hate to have to manage those in a Windows Explorer/Mac Finder environment. Without keywords, I'd never find anything. For a version 1 application, I've actually been *really* impressed with Aperture as an app. Having used it for 7 months I couldn't imagine using anything else.

P.S. Btw, Aperture on a MacBook isn't the best idea unless you have at least 2gb of ram. It runs much better (and as intended) on a MacBook Pro or Mac Pro.